Can I manually position rear spoiler permanently?

[mungodrums]

Just got a 99 Boxter today. Spoiler dash light is on. Spoiler appears to be down. Can I manually leave it up all the time? If so, is this safe for handling, safety? Will light go off if I do this? Thx.

[Tony986Z]

A liile different circumstance. My rear spoiler with John Toth ducktail is pinned to the up position. I removed the motor and transmission assembly so I can only move it up and down manually. Can't conceive any way leaving it up would be unsafe; you'll have a bit more drag until you reach the speed where it would have raised automatically. My light comes on when the circuit senses the spoiler didn't properly raise because I don't have any switches to tell the circuit where the spoiler is. The light resets when I turn the vehicle off and I'll disable the light when I can get my hands on a Durameteric.

[rick3000]

You could raise it and pull the fuse, it probably won't hurt anything except your mileage. It's not designed to be up below 50mph. The light is a different story.

[Robert986]

Originally Posted by Tony986Z

A liile different circumstance. My rear spoiler with John Toth ducktail is pinned to the up position. I removed the motor and transmission assembly so I can only move it up and down manually. Can't conceive any way leaving it up would be unsafe; you'll have a bit more drag until you reach the speed where it would have raised automatically. My light comes on when the circuit senses the spoiler didn't properly raise because I don't have any switches to tell the circuit where the spoiler is. The light resets when I turn the vehicle off and I'll disable the light when I can get my hands on a Durameteric.

You can easily get rid of the light by adding a small wire in the connector for the spoiler

[JayG]

Originally Posted by rick3000

You could raise it and pull the fuse, it probably won't hurt anything except your mileage. It's not designed to be up below 50 75mph. The light is a different story.

FIFY it comes up at 75, not 50

[rick3000]

I know. It was designed to raise at 75mph and lower at 50mph.

[Tony986Z]

Originally Posted by Robert986

You can easily get rid of the light by adding a small wire in the connector for the spoiler

Thanks for the info and good pic Robert; I'll give that a try.